Molding



H. R. DUCKWALL.

MOLDING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a. 1919.

1,378,664. Patented May 17, 1921.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce.

HERBERT B. DUCKWALL, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

MOLDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1919. Serial No. 321,488.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT R. DUCK- WALL, a citizen, of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana. have invented a certain new and useful Molding; and I do herecushion strip secured to the inner surface material. substantially equal to the width of. the outer thereof and formed so as to envelop the outer surface of the coreand the head of the fastener embedded therein. Y

,The full nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims. I

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a strip of said molding. Fig. 2 is .a cross section, on a-larger scale, of the core strip and a fastener. Fig. 3 is a cross section, on a larger scale, .of the covering. Fig. 4 is across section, on a larger scale, of the completed molding.

Said molding has a solid leather core strip 10. As here shown, its inner surface is flat 'or straight and its outer surface is curved in the arc of aci'rcle so that a cross section of said core strip is inthe shape of a segment of a circle, although it is not necessarily limited to said form. The tack or fastener is driven centrally through the core strip at intervals so that the head 12 thereof will be embedded in the core and its outer surface flushed with the outer surface of the core, substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

The covering, shown in Fig. 3, cons1sts of a stripof leather 15' with a cushion pad 16 secured to the inner surface thereof. The pad preferably is formed of thick canvas or other cloth, but is not limited to particular The'width of the cushion 16 is curved portion of the core and the width of the leather covering portion 15 is substantei' i al adapted to form the desired surface tially the same as the entire width of both the outer curved and inner flat sides of the core.

After the core and fasteners have been secured together as explained, and the covering has been formed as described, the covering -is placed on and around the core and secured thereto, substantially as shown in Fig. 4. WVhen thus formed and finished, it

- is observed that the outer leather portion 15 of the core extends over the curved portion of the core and over the flat inner surface of the core up to the tacks or nails 11,

and the pad 16, forming a part of the covering, covers only the curved outer portion of the core with. its edges registering and lying alongside of the edges of the core, as shown in Fig. 4. The leather covering 15 is usually made of fine material and is colored to correspond with cushion 16 thoroughly protects it from the hard solid core and the head of the tack or nail fastener so that said leather covering 16 will wear and preserve its form. and beauty for a relatively long time.

There is shown and described herein to illustrate the nature of this invention, a

. leather core formed of a single piece. The

invention is not limited to the material of which the core is made, excepting that it be flexible, nor is it limited to the use of a single layer or ply of material, so long as the fastener extends through the core. Nor is the invention limited to a leather coveras the covering may be of other mafor the molding.

The invention claimed is:'

1. An upholstering moldingcomprising a flexible core strip, headed fasteners extending through said core strip with their heads flush with the outer curved surface of said strip, a cushion strip of yielding material lying adjacent to and covering the top and sides of the surface of said core strip and the heads of the fasteners, and a surface strip conforming to the curved surfa s of said core strip and cushion strip and surrounding both of said strips for providing the finished outer surface.

2. An upholstering molding comprising a flexible core strip substantially semi-circular in cross section, headed fasteners extending through said core stri having their heads flush with the curve surface thereof, a cushion strip mounted adjacent the curved Patented May 17, 1921.

the upholstering and the heads of said fasteners, said cushion strip being formed of relatively thin flexible material and extending about the curved 'surface of said core strip only from one edge to the other, and a surface strip formed of finishing material adapted to surround said cushion strip and conform to the curved surfaces of both said cushion and core strips, said surface strip being secured around the edges and under said core strip, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

HERBERT R. DUOKWALL. 

